Thelda R. Schell

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Thelda R. Schell, 100, of Streator, died Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012.Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Hagi Funeral Home, Streator, with Rev. Roger Davis officiating.Burial will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Streator. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Hagi Funeral Home. Mrs. Schell was born Sept. 20, 1912, in Bible Grove, the daughter of George and Nellie (Winterrowd) Baker. She married Ogle Schell Dec. 23, 1931, in Ottawa. He preceded her in death Aug. 8, 1968.She is survived by two daughters, Rita (Ronald) Ward and Donna (Robert) Arroyo, all of Streator; three sons, Donald (Dorothy) Schell, Pontiac, and Roger (Joyce) Schell and Larry (Nancy) Schell, all of Streator; 13 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Irene Gregory, Cornell.She was preceded in death by her parents, one son, two sisters and two brothers.Memorials may be made to the Church of the Nazarene.